Hitting out at BJP, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said that the people of Himachal Pradesh will bid farewell by saying"Jai Ram Ji Ki" to the Jairam Thakur government.
Taking to Twitter, the Home Minister said, "The death of Shyam Saran Negi ji of Himachal, the first voter of the country is sad. From the first election of the country till now, he has voted in all the elections."
Negi had cast his first vote in independent India on October 23, 1951, in the Kalpa polling station, becoming the first voter in the country, and he cast his vote for the 34th time on November 2 this year which became his last, a feat that was acknowledged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Union Home Minister in his address to the poll-bound Himachal Pradesh put forth BJP's achievements and attacked the Congress alleging it made the state its "tourist spot".
Thakur stated that BJP is not charging any penny till 125 units of electricity, then what we will do with their 300-unit free electricity card? Referring to the congress promise he further asked if the congress government is providing free electricity in the two states they are governing
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New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday claimed that Congress will win the upcoming Himachal Assembly polls as the current Jai Ram Thakur-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has become very "unpopular".
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 19 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Wednesday filed his nomination from his traditional seat of Seraj in Mandi district for the assembly polls in the state.
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, the northern state's BJP core group meeting was held in the national capital on Monday.